Additional

This section provides information on the Fast-start Finance (FSF) allocations, whenever such information has been provided by contributing Parties. It also includes detailed data on projects and activities supported by contributing countries. However, the information vary in details as some contributing countries provided detailed information in their submission while other countries only provided samples of projects they supported and referred to their web sites for detailed information.

The information contained under the category "Implementation period" comprises information provided by Parties on the implementation period and/or disbursement period of the specific project or activity.

Canada's fast-start financing provided to the World Bank BioCarbonplus Fund supports capacity building and technical assistance to BioCarbonplus Fund projects on forests and agriculture. Specifically, BioCarbonplus activities build capacity to facilitate and develop projects that contribute to reduced greenhouse gas emissions, improved quality of life for local communities and strengthened poverty alleviation efforts.

These resources will be used in activities that provide an involvement and participation of local communities, for the realization of projects aims at socio-economic development and environmental protection, with specific emphasis on the protection of forests and biodiversity.

The project aims to expand the flood forecasting and warning system put into place throughout phase 1 in Vietnamese regions affected by climate change, to enhance the predictability of floods and the community response.

Multilateral Funding Directly Benefiting Albania, to Which the United States Contributes a Portion: $2.9 million from the Global Environment Facility (GEF); the United States contributed $60 million to the GEF for climate change programming in 2012

The objectives of the project include: Promotion of the use of RES for electricity and heat production, Promotion of EE in residential and public buildings, scientific and business cooperation for RES and E.E, Support to the development of an institutional and legislative framework for supporting RES and EE investments, Development aof a regional RES and EE technologies and services market. The project is co-financed by USAID.

The objectives of the project include: Promotion of the use of RES for electricity and heat production, Promotion of EE in residential and public buildings, scientific and business cooperation for RES and E.E, Support to the development of an institutional and legislative framework for supporting RES and EE investments, Development aof a regional RES and EE technologies and services market. The project is co-financed by USAID.

Albania, Montenegro, Serbia, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Based on bilateral agreements between the Italian Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea and the Ministries of Environment /Energy of the countries,with the participation of UNEP, the Program covers various projects including capacity building, the promotion of renewable energies and energy efficiency, the spread of thermal solar systems, methane recovery, the support for sustainable agriculture practices, sustainable tourism, system of sustainable mobility, adaptation measures in coastal areas

Albania, Montenegro, Serbia, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Based on bilateral agreements between the Italian Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea and the Ministries of Environment /Energy of the countries,with the participation of UNEP, the Program covers various projects including capacity building, the p

Multilateral Funding Directly Benefiting Algeria, to Which the United States Contributes a Portion: $13.1 million from the Global Environment Facility (GEF); the United States contributed $60 million to the GEF for climate change programming in 2012

Multilateral Funding Directly Benefiting Algeria, to Which the United States Contributes a Portion: A $160 million investment plan under the Clean Technology Fund (CTF); the United States contributed $230 million to the CTF in 2012.

Algeria, Egypt, Gaza/West Bank, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia: The FEMIP is a facility which aims to help the Mediterranean partner countries increase their economic growth and social development and to meet the challenges of economic and social modernisation and regional integration. This contribution will focus on sectors such as renewable energy and energy efficiency projects.

Address the impact of tropical glacier retreat in mountainous and glacial areas as a result of climate change. The initiative seeks to build capacity for water resource management and support research on hydrological cycles and glacier dynamics.

Regional Programs Benefiting a Number of Countries, Including Angola: To help southern African nations transition to cleaner electricity sources through the Southern Africa Trade Hub. The amount provided here does not necessarily reflect the sum total of climate-related financing provided by the U.S. Government to this country.

Regional Programs Benefiting a Number of Countries, Including Angola: To foster private investment in renewable energy in southern Africa. The amount provided here does not necessarily reflect the sum total of climate-related financing provided by the U.S. Government to this country.

Regional Programs Benefiting a Number of Countries, Including Angola: To strengthen climate resilience through the Southern Africa Regional Environmental Program. The amount provided here does not necessarily reflect the sum total of climate-related financing provided by the U.S. Government to this country.

Regional Programs Benefiting a Number of Countries, Including Senegal: to assist the governance of artisanal fishing through the Gambia-Senegal Sustainable Fisheries Program. The amount provided here does not necessarily reflect the sum total of climate-related financing provided by the U.S. Government to this country.

Regional Programs Benefiting a Number of Countries, Including The Gambia: to assist the governance of artisanal fishing through the Gambia-Senegal
Sustainable Fisheries Program. The amount provided here does not necessarily reflect the sum total of climate-related financing provided by the U.S. Government to this country.

A third of France's loan contribution to the Clean Technology Fund, which will be fully disbursed (203Meur) in December 2010. For the purpose of this reporting, it is split over the three years of the fast start period.

Five projects in advance of the main Congo Basin Project Fund, with a goal of increasing the capacity of the people and institutions in Congo Basin forest communities to manage and protect their forests sustainably. The projects were initiated whilst the mechanisms of the main CBFF Fund were being established. Their intention was to signal the range and type of projects the CBFF could support.

The LDCF was established under the UNFCCC and aims to address the special needs of the LDCs, which are especially vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change. This includes preparing and implementing NAPA's.

Start-up funding for the interim establishment and operation of the Congo Basin Forest Fund (CBFF) and the delivery of a small regional project portfolio responding to immediate national and regional demands and pressures faced by the forests of the Congo

Viet Nam Low Carbon Rice Project: Australia is assisting rice farmers in the Mekong Delta to change the way they cultivatestheir rice crops to reduce greenhouse gas emission from rice production, while enhancing yields, creating environmental co-benefits, and providing supplementary income through the international carbon market.
Implemented by the Environmental Defense Fund, the objectives of the project align with a number of national strategies, ensuring harmonisation with national-level planning. For example, Viet Nam’s National Green Growth Strategy outlines a commitment to join international efforts to reduce GHG emissions, recognising that promoting low-carbon growth also has broader benefits for sustainable development. The project also supports the Vietnamese Governments’ National Strategic Vision to 2030 for rice production and food security, which recognises the Mekong Delta as crucial to food security, both for Viet Nam and the world.

1 Note for European Union. In some cases information is only a sample of projects that has been made available, thus the individual figures do not necessarily add up to the sum total made available by a specific Member State.